Newtown Harding Declares Candidacy for Mayor
Auerrey Newton Warding announced a mayoral bid in Indianapolis pledging a cheap gas and telecommunication agenda. He forecast a 5,000 vote victory over Thomas Taggart, downplayed tax hikes, and backed three cent car fares while pushing municipal reform and rejecting a broad silver issue. He noted Harding’s 1884 prosecuting attorney win and Blaine’s presidential lead by 556 votes.
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Auerrey Newton ‘Warding
Fiji Islands
Indianapolis
Mr. Harding
Blaine
North side saloons face defeat over Moore law bid
A city council committee recommends against passing an ordinance to create a North side residence district under the Moore liquor law. About 4,000 petitioners urged restriction, but finance committee members sign off with reservations. Debate centers on saloon closures, revenue loss, and political maneuvering among Wolcott, Allen, and other council members.
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North-side
Democratic Committee
Finance Committee
Allen
Messrs. Wolcott
Dewar
Kirkhoff
Clark
Ohlever
Cooper
Tron's Fairbank
Ohleyer
Brightwood
Wolcott
Mr. Allen
Committee On
Ersons
Unclear fragment hints at a news item
The readable words point to a stray, garbled OCR fragment mentioning a baby and a pool but lacking coherent facts, names, places, or dates to describe a concrete event or outcome.
Revival in Broad Ripple Tent Ends With Frenzied Salvation
A Pentecost revival in a Broad Ripple park tent featured shouting praying writhing convulsions and sobbing as congregants sought salvation. Evangelists prayed to a heavy scene of emotional conversion with members guiding devout believers and a boy lingering at the altar before a final dismissal.
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Broad Ripple Park
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis forecast for July 28 period
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers the 26 hours ending 8 p m on July 28. Weather expected to be fair with clear to partly cloudy skies for Tuesday night and Wednesday. Daytime temperatures observed reached 76 at noon and 78 at 2 p m on Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Fair
The Cotton Spinner at Wildwood Impresses Audience
A well pleased audience witnessed the Monday Wildwood performance of The cotton spinner. The play moved smoothly with capable cast and strong applause. Olive North Sullivan and others delivered pleasing singing specialties with encores.
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Wildwood
Olive North Sullivan
Lillian
Marshal
Lettie Colton
Lew A. Warner
Lawrence
Earl
Atkinson
Breaks In Sympathy With The Movement In The East
In Columbus President Ratchford suffers a cold, with Secretary Pearce accompanying him, fueling talk of a national labor conference outcome. A general coal boycott against West Virginia coal is expected, with unions to refuse non union driven machinery. In Iowa Fosbush miners strike for $1 per ton, 20 cents above district pay, while Beacon workers seek free coal for personal use.
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Pearce
West Virginia
Iowa
Ottumwa
White Breast Company
Fosbush
Eastern
Beacon
The Wheeling Conference Opens With Labor Leaders
The Wheeling labor gathering began Tuesday in Wheeling West Virginia with Debs Mahon and Rea among early arrivals. Gompers presided as delegates discussed funding for miners and avoided plans for a coal road shutdown while noting the push to organize labor nationally. A Dallas dispatch reported 260000 Texas workers ready to back a social democracy convention for Debs to run for president.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Debs. Mahon
J. W. Rea
Fairment
Samuel Gomners
James R. Sovereign
J. H. Sullivan
J. B. Leuven
Custom Tailors
P. H. Morrissey
Frank Morrison
Federation of Labor
Thomas Perry
Typographical Union
J. FF. Mulholland
The
Bicycle Union
Jesse Johnson
International Pressment
A. H. Sargent
Firemen
C. A. Wilkins
Telegraphers
L. R. Thomas
Pattern-Makers
M. P. Carrick
W. J. McKinney
Painters
M. D. Ratchford
Pearce
United Mine Workers
M. M. Garland
Amalgamated Association
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg Distret
G. W. Perkins
Chicago Tobacco Workers
R. Askew
Detroit
McClure Hotel
Dehs. Sargent
Morrissey
Wilkinson
Gompers
Ohio Trades Hall
Ratchford
Railroad Brotherhoods
Sargent
Arthur
Debs
Dallas
Tex
Social Democracy
Two Dreary Klondike Tales From Alaska Gold Fields
Reports from Champaign Illinois and Washington New York and Ottawa describe warnings from Alaska veterans and an array of officials about the Klondike gold rush. Letters and interviews warn of starvation, death, and danger, while prospects of a Yukon fort and rapid troop movement draw contrasting forecasts.
Operators Meeting in Pittsburg Sees Limited Hope for Contract
In Pittsburg on July 27 coal operators gathered before the meeting opened to discuss the proposed contract. Most expressed reluctance to accept, with some optimism that the movement could succeed. Key figures predicted mixed outcomes while others condemned the effort as insincere and a farce amid ensuing labor unrest in Parkerburg and Kanawha regions.
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Pittsburg
W. P. Murray
Pickards, Mather & Co
Cleveland
G. W. Schleuderberg
Robins Coal Company
J. B. Zerbe
Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company
Francis J. Robbins
Col. Read
Chicago
de Armitt
Parkersburg
W. Va
Monongah
Southwest
Kanawha
Dustless Qats and Hat Racks Featured at Elder's
Readable items mention dustless goats and a variety of hat racks offered at Elder's store. The brief text highlights novelty products and the store’s display, suggesting a retail feature or advertisement style.
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Li. Elder's
Grider Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Washington Divorce
Benjamin Grider asks a divorce from Nettie, claiming abandonment in 1889 and discovering she had a divorce in Washington and remarried. He says he later married Lizzie Coston but learned his wife never divorced him. They have not lived together since. Bethany park opened and a Bethany family reunion occurred. Deputy attorney general Merrill Moores secured a higher court appeal on the three cent fare law.
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Benjamin Grider
Nettie
Washington, D. C
Lee
Lizzie Coston
Washington
Merrill Moores
Showalter
Supreme Court
Bookwalter Buds for Mayor Nomination in Indianapolis
Charles Bookwalter announces as a outright candidate for mayoral nomination before the Republican convention. Kealing and Rouse gain key party posts as Aug. 14 city convention set. Henry Harding criticized, and talks of water plant purchase, cheaper gas, and street railway settlement feature in the platform and speeches. Bookwalter, a 36 year old Hoosier from 1656 N Illinois, rose from Wabash fireman to printer, Marion club former treasurer, seeks reform and cheaper utilities. Memorial Day observed at Acton with Ambrose lecture on The sham family.
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Republican City Committee
Jos. B. Kealing
Harry B. Rouse
Harry Long
William Rothe
Billy” Schmidt
Joe Kealing
Harding
Kealing
Henry Harding
Kealinege
Fairbanks
City Street Railway Company
Harry
New
Indianapolis
Taggart
Bookwalter
Illinois St
Typographical Union
Huntington
Alen
Ele
Marion Club
Memorial Bay
Acton
James Clement Ambrose
Deity
Notorious swindler Durham to be tried in Indianapolis
Durham alias Fred Lewis and other names, a famed swindler, faces trial in Indianapolis for swindling W. H. Messenger of 100 dollars six weeks ago. Now in Tennessee, he is sought by several states for similar crimes. He deceives furniture dealers by posing as a traveling agent and cashing forged drafts for 75 or 190 dollars.
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San Francisco
Puebla
Debney
Juneau
Alaska
Washington
United States
Yukon
War Department
Henry P. Say
Eighth Infantry
Seattle
Shaffer
Ray
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Pacific Coast Transportation Company
Philadelphia Quartermaster's Department
Camp
McKinley
D. D. Durham
Fred Lewis
A. C. Davis
R. B. Durham
Indianapolis
W. H. Messenger
Tennessee
Mr. Messenger
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Newton Harding
Thomas Taggart
William N. Harding
Council
Frank
Frowned
Owa
Columbus
Klondixe
Champaign
Phelps
Alfred P. Swineford
Marquette
Mich
Swineford
Klondike
J. A. French
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
International Survey
Mr. Reach
New York
Helmuth Schaef
Hoboken
N. J
Rere
Rowlside
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
United States Treasury Department
Dawson City
Grider
Bethany
Bethany Park
Tabernacle
W. F. McCautey
Ohio
Bookwalter Buds
Charles Bookwalter
Chas
Walter
Durham
Limbo
Business Office of
the Sun
Ohio,st
Denison House
SUN Building
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